Correctional Health Services, Alberta Health Services (AHS) is inviting applications for a General Practitioner to work at the Red Deer Remand Centre (RDRC).
RDRC houses up to 150 male and female remanded and provincially sentenced persons. A multidisciplinary team of nurses, social workers, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, dentists, psychologists, addiction counselors, mental health therapists, and psychiatrists work alongside physicians at each facility to provide essential health services including emergency care, diagnosis and treatment of acute or chronic illness, medication administration, mental health services, urgent or emergent ophthalmologic services, urgent or emergent dental care, and health promotion and disease prevention.
While maintaining an independent practice, the successful applicant will engage in clinical service in this facility that includes outpatient clinics and on-call service. Specifically, this opportunity is to provide up to 2 half-day clinics per week (4 hour clinics). Additional opportunities exist to provide virtual services to the other 7 Provincial Correctional Facilities.
Qualifications and Required Attributes:
The successful applicant must hold an MD or its equivalency and shall have or be eligible for certification in Family Medicine with the Canadian College of Family Physicians and be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. Certification in methadone maintenance is preferred. Physicians with previous corrections/forensic experience preferred.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
The practitioner will obtain and maintain an AHS Medical Staff Appointment.
Reporting Relationship:
The practitioner will report to the Facilities Medical Director, Correctional Health.
Term:
Start April 1, 2024.
If you have any questions, please forward to:
Angela Draude
Executive Director,
Correctional Health
Alberta Health Services
Email: [email protected]
Location: | Canada Alberta Central Zone |
Salary: | Excellent Remuneration and Benefits CAD per year |
Work type: |
Part time
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PLEASE! No enquiries from Recruitment Agencies or Headhunters. Only direct applications will be considered. |